Makeup on a budget!
As a girl that loves makeup and has experimented with everything, these makeup picks have proved that you don’t need to spend a fortune for flawless results. They are affordable, high-performing, and seriously underrated. Your rou...
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Primer / Luminizer
Eye Makeup / Mascara
Concealer
Contour / Bronzer
Blush
Eyebrows
Primer / Luminizer
the best primers
My favorite primer! It makes my makeup stay all day and adds a nice shine to my face. Plus the niacinamide helps fade my acne scars.
Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide
My favorite primer to use on my pore-filled areas like my T-zone. It smooths out that area of my face so well and it’s buttery smooth to apply.
Poreless Putty Face Primer
I love to use this product after primer. It’s such a good product to use under my base makeup because it makes my makeup look so glowy and perfect. The smell isn’t strong and it blends nicely.
Lumi Glotion Natural Glow Enhancer, Face and Body
Eye Makeup / Mascara
my favorite affordable eye makeup and mascara
My favorite ever eyeliner! So so long-lasting and the best formula. It literally lasts through lake/pool days, showers, sweaty workouts, and even crying sessions. The thin brush makes for easy application and a sharp wind.
Epic Wear Matte Waterproof Eyeliner | NYX Professional Makeup
Amazing mascara. Makes my lashes look super long and has buildable thickness. Lasts all day without smudging and I have very oily eyelids.
L'Oreal Paris Telescopic Waterproof Mascara
Concealer
the best concealers
This concealer is so good. It’s about medium coverage. It covers all of my acne scars and pimples so smoothly, and it’s so buildable if I want complete coverage. It never gets cakey either.
Conceal + Perfect Longwear Concealer
This is the best concealer for the T-zone. It’s light coverage which makes it perfect just for evening out skin tones in the center of the face. It is so buttery and never cakey. Amazing for a natural makeup look.
MegaGlo Vitamin E Makeup Stick- Conceal
Contour / Bronzer
the best contour and bronzer
The most natural contour. It’s the greatest cool toned contour I’ve ever used. It looks so natural compared to the warmer tones of brown. Blends amazing.
Wonder™ Stick Contour and Highlighter Stick
Super buttery powder bronzer. It’s super pigmented and blends amazingly. This product will last you forever.
Buttermelt Bronzer: Long Wear Powder Bronzer
Blush
my favorite blushes
My favorite liquid blush. Makes my cheeks look glowy and luscious. Blendable and pigmented.
Halo Glow Liquid Blush Wand
Glowy powder blush! I love the blendability and the shine it gives to my cheeks. Beautiful range of shades.
Baked Blush
Eyebrows
my everyday eyebrow routine
Thin tip for easy eyebrow shaping and a spoolie on the other side for perfect blending and brushing our hairs. The formula is smooth and it has a range of shades.
Best Eyebrow Pencil - Instant Lift Brow Pencil
I use this for my brows! It holds them all day compared to any regular brow gel.
Got2b Ultra Glued Invincible Hair Gel 6oz
Setting Spray
the best setting sprays for cheap
Amazing setting spray. My makeup lasts all day because of it and great for sensitive skin.
Makeup Setting Spray - Matte
Good and very affordable matte setting spray.
Magic Mist & Set: Matte Setting Spray
The most beautiful finish for a setting spray. So gorgeous.
Plump Finish Makeup Setting Spray
The perfect setting spray for a natural makeup look. Makes skin look luminous and the bottle lasts forever. Perfect spray tip.
Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray
Highlighter
the shiniest and cheapest highlighters
The best glow ever from a drug-store highlighter. So affordable and so amazing and long lasting.
MegaGlo™ Highlighting Powder
Brushes / Tools
my favorite makeup tools
I love these brushes for blending in my base makeup. They are so soft and makes doing my makeup so much easier.
Makeup Brush Sets | RealTechniques.com
This tool is perfect for brushing out lashes after applying mascara. Prevents clumsiness and uneven lashes.
Eyelash Comb
Lippies
the best lip products
My favorite lip product EVER! The formula is so juicy and shiny. It lasts for so freaking long and it’s the perfect amount of pigmented and sheer. Looks gorgeous over a lip liner.
Fruit Fetish Lip Oils
This is an amazing lip liner. SO affordable and lasts a very long time. A huge range of shades to pick from as well.
Suede Matte Lip Liner Pencil | NYX Professional Makeup
A nice plumping lip liner! Definitely burns a bit, but overlining with this makes for a plump lip. Also the most blendable and creamy lip liner I’ve ever used.
Duck Plump Plumping Lip Liner | NYX Professional Makeup
I love using these when I’m just going for a natural look. A sheer tinted lip balm that moisturizes really well and it gives the “your lip color but better” shade.
Tinted Lip Balm
I love this gloss! It’s opaque so it looks super good with a lip liner. There are so many shade options and it is SUPER affordable.
Butter Gloss Non-Sticky Lip Gloss | NYX Professional Makeup
This is such a good plumping balm. It’s not painful and it’s just the perfect amount of plump to fill in the lip wrinkles. I love that it’s a moisturizing balm too.
Keep It Full Glossy Plumping Balm
Fake Lashes, Clusters, Glue
my go-to lash routine
My all time favorite bond and seal for lash clusters. It lasts for longer than a week and even when I’m swimming! The bond applicator is thin so it’s easy to apply the glue without being messy and the applicator for the seal has a ball that makes it ...
LA MAESII Lash Cluster Bond & Seal Waterproof Glue
My favorite lashes! They are easy to layer and the box comes with so many clusters for a small price. They are a cutesy lash.
Goddvenus Lash Clusters Wispy Waterproof Kit
Super cute lash clusters. Perfect C-Curl and the pieces blend well together.